PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Indentation for Initials
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no separate text
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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provided with single incipit
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Colour of staves: black
Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Material: paper
Number of staves: 10
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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